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support for afghanistan after u.s. troops leave. the president met with some of those troops at bagram airfield, telling them the battle isn't over yet but "there is light on the horizon." norah o'donnell is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: the president said tonight this new agreement with afghanistan will help them chart a clear path to fulfilling their mission to ending america's longest war, a war that has claimed the lives of nearly 2,000 americans. as the president said tonight "this time of war began in afghanistan and this is where it will end." in his address, the president said his visit marked a historic turning point. >> my fellow americans, we've traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. yet here in the predawn darkness of afghanistan we can see the light of a new day on the horizon. the iraq war is over. the number of our troops in harm's way has been cut in half and more will soon be coming home. we have a clear path to fulfill our mission in afghanistan while delivering justice to al qa
support for afghanistan after u.s. troops leave. the president met with some of those troops at bagram airfield, telling them the battle isn't over yet but "there is light on the horizon." norah o'donnell is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: the president said tonight this new agreement with afghanistan will help them chart a clear path to fulfilling their mission to ending america's longest war, a war that has claimed the lives of nearly 2,000 americans. as the president...
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forces out of afghanistan by 2014. with an election coming up, we wondered what his republican challengers would do in afghanistan and nancy cordes found out for us. nancy? >> reporter: scott, the candidates have been sharply critical of the president's handling of the war in afghanistan but they themselves are at odds over whether the u.s. should be leaving that country faster, slower, or not at all. former house speaker newt gingrich has criticized the president in the past for setting a date for withdrawal from afghanistan. but for the past several weeks, he's been calling for a rapid exit from the country, especially after this weekend's tragedy. >> well, my feeling is we should leave. that i think as fast as we can with safety. i think the possibility of us changing afghan culture is virtually zero. >> reporter: that sets him apart from former senator rick santorum, who has said that as president he would cancel the administration's plan to bring most troops out by the end of 2014. >> i think we have a mission to
forces out of afghanistan by 2014. with an election coming up, we wondered what his republican challengers would do in afghanistan and nancy cordes found out for us. nancy? >> reporter: scott, the candidates have been sharply critical of the president's handling of the war in afghanistan but they themselves are at odds over whether the u.s. should be leaving that country faster, slower, or not at all. former house speaker newt gingrich has criticized the president in the past for setting...
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they're part of the last major offensive of the war in afghanistan. their job is to clear ghazni province of the taliban who have retaken this vital area. >> found out if they are good to go. >> reporter: lieutenant randall babcock is one of the platoon leaders for the company. >> there haven't been u.s. forces here for about five years. that made it pretty crucial for us to be here and come and reestablish a presence in this area. >> reporter: ghazni is important because it's just along the main highway connecting afghanistan's biggest city, kabul and kandahar. >> we're good to go over. >> reporter: it's also become a stronghold for taliban fighters coming in from pakistan. after searching the village for hours, charlie company finds what it's looking for: an insurgent cache of weapons, including a.k.-47 rounds and rocket-propelled grenades. last month, the provincial governor was attacked here by insurgents in a hit-and-run raid. they hide their weapons in villages, then leave the area after an attack. lieutenant babcock, who graduated from west poi
they're part of the last major offensive of the war in afghanistan. their job is to clear ghazni province of the taliban who have retaken this vital area. >> found out if they are good to go. >> reporter: lieutenant randall babcock is one of the platoon leaders for the company. >> there haven't been u.s. forces here for about five years. that made it pretty crucial for us to be here and come and reestablish a presence in this area. >> reporter: ghazni is important...
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chip reid, cbs news, kabul, afghanistan. >> pelley: the war in afghanistan dominated talks at the white house today between the president and british prime minister david cameron. they told reporters afterwards that they are sticking with the plan to put the afghans in charge of their own security over the next two years. on another issue, the president said he's determined to prevent iran from building an atomic bomb and he had this message for the iranians. >> i think they should understand that because the international community has applied so many sanctions that the window for solving this issue diplomatically is shrinking. >> pelley: to add to the tension, our david martin tells us that iranian planes and small boats closely shadowed the u.s. aircraft carrier "abraham lincoln" as it sailed through the strait of hormuz on monday. in the battle for the republican presidential nomination, more than half of the states have now voted. in the latest contests, rick santorum won the alabama primary last night and he took mississippi as well, beating mitt romney and newt gingrich in both c
chip reid, cbs news, kabul, afghanistan. >> pelley: the war in afghanistan dominated talks at the white house today between the president and british prime minister david cameron. they told reporters afterwards that they are sticking with the plan to put the afghans in charge of their own security over the next two years. on another issue, the president said he's determined to prevent iran from building an atomic bomb and he had this message for the iranians. >> i think they should...
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inside the other battle in afghanistan. a raging drug epidemic. we'll take you there next. osteoarthritis pain. to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaids, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yellowing skin or eyes. tell your doctor about all your medicines, including those for migraine a and while on cymbalta, call right away if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles or serious allergic skin reactions like blisters, peeling rash, hives, or mouth sores to address possible life-threatening conditions. talk about your alcohol use, liver disease and before
inside the other battle in afghanistan. a raging drug epidemic. we'll take you there next. osteoarthritis pain. to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or...
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changed them more than they changed afghanistan. stephen martin, cbs news, walter reed. >> and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capital, and from all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. >> good evening i am dana king @ >> i am alan martin. in 2006 a poll found that nearly three-quarters of americans could name each of the three stooges. >> in that same poll only 42 percent of americans were able to name the three branches of government. today a reminder of why that is kind of important. >> it took well over one year to pass the patient protection and affordable care act. otherwise known as >> obama care >> whenever you call it, it was the largest expansion of the nation's social safety network in more than 45 years. extending insurance coverage to more than nine out of 10 eligible americans. it has also proven to be a big public relations challenge. >> history making expansion of power. >> it was derided as an example of legislative incompetence, and
changed them more than they changed afghanistan. stephen martin, cbs news, walter reed. >> and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capital, and from all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. >> good evening i am dana king @ >> i am alan martin. in 2006 a poll found that nearly three-quarters of americans could name each of the three stooges. >> in that same poll only 42 percent of americans...
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in afghanistan today, another case of americans being killed by a supposed afghan ally. it happened in the south in helmand province. this time it was three marines who were killed and it is the third attack of its kind this week. kitty logan joins us now from kabul. kitty? >> reporter: yes, a u.s. military spokeswoman tells us that the troops were killed by a man in an afghan uniform and u.s. officials have confirmed that those three victims were marine special operations forces. now, local source sources have s a bit more detail. they say the attacker was, in fact, a local policeman and the incident took place at a meeting between marines and local police. they say the incident seemed to be premeditated. but i.s.a.f., the international security forces in afghanistan, say they can't comment on more details or the identity of the attacker because the investigation is still ongoing. but the the local sources turn out to be right and the attacker was, in fact, a local policeman, then this is another case of what the military call a green-on-blue attack: attacks by local af
in afghanistan today, another case of americans being killed by a supposed afghan ally. it happened in the south in helmand province. this time it was three marines who were killed and it is the third attack of its kind this week. kitty logan joins us now from kabul. kitty? >> reporter: yes, a u.s. military spokeswoman tells us that the troops were killed by a man in an afghan uniform and u.s. officials have confirmed that those three victims were marine special operations forces. now,...
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over three days, survivors testified on a video link from afghanistan. bales' civilian defense attorney, emma scanlon, said the army missed opportunities to examine bales for signs of traumatic brain injury and post- traumatic stress disorder during his four tours in iraq and afghanistan. scanlon suggested the outpost where bales was serving was poorly supervised with alcohol and drugs in common use. she said bales consumed seven ounces of alcohol on the night of the murders. >> we need to know what it means when somebody is on steroids, alcohol, and sleeping aids, what does that mean about a his state of mind? that question has not been answered. >> reporter: sergeant bales' wife kari left the final day of the hearing alongside her sister stephanie tanberg who read a statement from the family. >> much of the testimony was painful, even heartbreaking, but we are not convinced the government has shown us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about what happened that night. >> reporter: here in the courthouse on many this military base, the
over three days, survivors testified on a video link from afghanistan. bales' civilian defense attorney, emma scanlon, said the army missed opportunities to examine bales for signs of traumatic brain injury and post- traumatic stress disorder during his four tours in iraq and afghanistan. scanlon suggested the outpost where bales was serving was poorly supervised with alcohol and drugs in common use. she said bales consumed seven ounces of alcohol on the night of the murders. >> we need...
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troops in afghanistan. according to the "l.a. times" the photos came from a soldier who said they are evidence of a breakdown in discipline that endangered the lives of troops. they are the latest in a string of blows to the american image in afghanistan. in january, a video surfaces of marine snipers urinating on dead bodies. both sets of images stand as testament to the dehumanizing effect of war. >> this is war, and i know that war is ugly, and it's violent, and i know that young people sometimes caught up in the moment make some very foolish decisions. >> reporter: there was also the inadvertent burning of koran and the infamous case of sergeant robert bales charged with murdering 17 afghan civilians. but the war grinds on. the unit those paratroopers belong to is already back in afghanistan for another tour of duty. >> pelley: david, thank you. we contacted the "los angeles times" today and they told us that they decided publishing those photos would "fulfill our obligation to our readers to report vigorously and impartially
troops in afghanistan. according to the "l.a. times" the photos came from a soldier who said they are evidence of a breakdown in discipline that endangered the lives of troops. they are the latest in a string of blows to the american image in afghanistan. in january, a video surfaces of marine snipers urinating on dead bodies. both sets of images stand as testament to the dehumanizing effect of war. >> this is war, and i know that war is ugly, and it's violent, and i know that...
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nemy corpses in afghanistan? >> >> it is absolutely inconsistent with american values. >> pelley: david martin on the investigation and who the marines are. mississippi mystery. why did governor haley barbour pardon murderers on his last day in office? newt gingrich finished out of the money in iowa and new hampshire but chip reid tells us a wealthy friend is keeping his campaign in the money. and two years after the earthquake dr. jon lapook returns to see what's become of haiti. >> reporter: how many people here go to bed hungry? nsaptioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the gs. is scrambling tonight to condemn a video that appears to show marines desecrating bodies in afghanistan, possibly the bodies of taliban fighters. the video was shot months ago, but it was posted on the nternet yesterday and now word of it is spreading in istaanistan. secretary of defense leon panetta said the behavior depicted in the video is "utterly deplorable." here is dav
nemy corpses in afghanistan? >> >> it is absolutely inconsistent with american values. >> pelley: david martin on the investigation and who the marines are. mississippi mystery. why did governor haley barbour pardon murderers on his last day in office? newt gingrich finished out of the money in iowa and new hampshire but chip reid tells us a wealthy friend is keeping his campaign in the money. and two years after the earthquake dr. jon lapook returns to see what's become of...
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forces are due to remain in afghanistan through 2014. panetta did not suggest today that americans would be coming home any sooner. the u.s. goal is to keep the taliban from returning to power, but in another development mday, david martin tells us that a u.s. military report says the administration's goal may be out of reach. >> reporter: the report, classified secret and entitled state of the taliban, 2012, makes for discouraging reading to anyone who thinks the taliban is a spent force. based on interviews with taliban and al qaeda prisoners, it states that: prisoners, of course, are not the most urliable sources, but the shear weight of numbers-- 27,000 interrogations of more than 4,000 prisoners held at a prison in afghanistan-- gives the report the ring of truth. yhe prisoners acknowledge they have lost ground in the south of ofghanistan and are no match for american troops. but u.s.force levels are going own from a high of 100,000 to the current 89,000 to 68,000 by september. emd the prisoners say they are prisuraged to fight on b
forces are due to remain in afghanistan through 2014. panetta did not suggest today that americans would be coming home any sooner. the u.s. goal is to keep the taliban from returning to power, but in another development mday, david martin tells us that a u.s. military report says the administration's goal may be out of reach. >> reporter: the report, classified secret and entitled state of the taliban, 2012, makes for discouraging reading to anyone who thinks the taliban is a spent...
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francois hollande said he plans to pull out all 3,000 french combat troops out of afghanistan by the end of this year. that's two years ahead of schedule. president obama will ask nato leaders to contribute more than a billion dollars for afghan security when they meet in chicago on sunday. that may be a hard sell because of dissatisfaction with afghan president hamid karzai ham and the corruption in his government. allen pizzey in kabul has more on that. >> reporter: from a traffic cop caught on surveillance video taking a bribe to government cronies accused of looting nearly a billion dollars from the country's biggest bank, corruption is rife in afghanistan. it even has its own language. traffic cops prod drivers for bribes by asking "is there a scorpion in your pocket?" a high level official will ask for long hairs, a reference to benjamin franklin's hair style. >> reporter: social activist shafiq hamdam formed a citizens group to expose what he says is afghanistan's biggest challenge. corruption is more of a challenge than security? >> reporter: a recent congressional report con
francois hollande said he plans to pull out all 3,000 french combat troops out of afghanistan by the end of this year. that's two years ahead of schedule. president obama will ask nato leaders to contribute more than a billion dollars for afghan security when they meet in chicago on sunday. that may be a hard sell because of dissatisfaction with afghan president hamid karzai ham and the corruption in his government. allen pizzey in kabul has more on that. >> reporter: from a traffic cop...
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crews train there for afghanistan. there's no word yet on how it happened. the f.b.i. held a classified conference call today to discuss a potential threat to the united states from iranian agents. the call pulled together 56 f.b.i. field offices and was led by the bureau's chief of counter-terrorism. with details on all of this, we're joined by cbs "this morning" correspondent john miller and a former assistant director of the f.b.i. john, what was the purpose of that conference call? >> this was really to mobilize the effort of the f.b.i. across the country, to ask the special agents in charge questions like, "how many cases do you have involving iran? how many cases do you have involving hezbollah subjects? really what they were trying to do was get all the field offices in place that are not in new york, washington, focused on this threat. >> pelley: the theory being if israel, for example, attacked iran over its nuclear weapons program that iran might retaliate against the united states. >> it wasn't really widely thought of that iran would strike on u.s. soil but
crews train there for afghanistan. there's no word yet on how it happened. the f.b.i. held a classified conference call today to discuss a potential threat to the united states from iranian agents. the call pulled together 56 f.b.i. field offices and was led by the bureau's chief of counter-terrorism. with details on all of this, we're joined by cbs "this morning" correspondent john miller and a former assistant director of the f.b.i. john, what was the purpose of that conference...
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forces from afghanistan by 2014. if you are one of the millions of americans invested in the stock market, maybe through your 401-k plan, chances are your nest egg is worth more tonight than when you left for work this morning. stocks reached heights today that we haven't seen in years. have a look at this. the dow gained more than 217 points, and 13,177. that's the highest close since december of '07. the nasdaq posted its highest finish since december of 2000. and the s&p 500, the highest since june of '08. look at how far the dow has come in just five months. it is up nearly 24%. j.p. morgan chase sparked the market advance today when it announced that it passed the federal reserve's latest test that examines whether a bank is healthy enough to stand a severe recession. anthony mason has more now about the results of these so-called stress tests. anthony. >> mason: the federal reserve conducts the stress test every year, scot, but this is the first time since 2009 it's made the results public. 19 bank holding comp
forces from afghanistan by 2014. if you are one of the millions of americans invested in the stock market, maybe through your 401-k plan, chances are your nest egg is worth more tonight than when you left for work this morning. stocks reached heights today that we haven't seen in years. have a look at this. the dow gained more than 217 points, and 13,177. that's the highest close since december of '07. the nasdaq posted its highest finish since december of 2000. and the s&p 500, the highest...
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troops in afghanistan. triggered by the accidental killing of 24 pakistani soldiers by american gun ships, the shutdown left major general mike lally, director of operations for the u.s. transportation command, facing a potential disaster. >> about 7,000 pieces, truckloads of equipment are stranded, either in the ports of karachi or on the road between the port and the border crossings. >> reporter: a satellite photo shows docks crammed with containers not going anywhere and more were on the way. you must have had to throw a lot of ships into 180 degree turns. >> there was about 40, 45 ships that we had to divert that were en route to pakistan. >> reporter: the cutoff caused troops in afghanistan a major source of fuel. >> about 50% of the fuel we purchased we were purchasing from pakistan refineries, moving it on pakistan trucks into afghanistan. >> reporter: like all the other trucks, those tankers were no longer moving. so that pakistani cutoff was really a double whammy. >> it was a big deal. >> reporte
troops in afghanistan. triggered by the accidental killing of 24 pakistani soldiers by american gun ships, the shutdown left major general mike lally, director of operations for the u.s. transportation command, facing a potential disaster. >> about 7,000 pieces, truckloads of equipment are stranded, either in the ports of karachi or on the road between the port and the border crossings. >> reporter: a satellite photo shows docks crammed with containers not going anywhere and more...
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in afghanistan, they will be flying russian-made attack helicopters. so you're going to be in combat. >> yes. >> yup. >> reporter: are you ready for combat? >> i think we are ready for that. >> reporter: this has already been a long war. it's going to be a longer war. are you ready for a long war? >> yes. we come all the way 'til here. we will do it to the end. >> reporter: as you can see from their head scarves, they have not adopted american culture. after 18 months of it, they can't wait to get home. >> for sure, the first ones that we want to see is our family, our parents. my mom, i miss her so much. i don't know how to say that, i miss her. >> reporter: you can't help but be impressed. but you have to ask, what difference can two young women make? >> we want to be an example to stand for them. and we want to show them if we can do it, you all can do it. >> at first, our goal was to open the door. now we did open the door. >> reporter: you say, "open the door." open the door to what? >> to be a military woman, to help your country as a woman. >> t
in afghanistan, they will be flying russian-made attack helicopters. so you're going to be in combat. >> yes. >> yup. >> reporter: are you ready for combat? >> i think we are ready for that. >> reporter: this has already been a long war. it's going to be a longer war. are you ready for a long war? >> yes. we come all the way 'til here. we will do it to the end. >> reporter: as you can see from their head scarves, they have not adopted american culture....
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what the does that do to america's road out of afghanistan? we asked charlie d'agata to hook up with a joint patrol in kandahar province. >> what you see here is the cement blocks, obstacles we put in place. >> reporter: this is the stark new reality for u.s. combat troops working alongside their afghan partners. >> it's restricted the traffic- ability of anything large or fast. >> reporter: and that's new within the past two weeks? >> yes. where we used to have this wide open space. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel leroy barker got orders to reinforce his small outpost in kandahar province not against the taliban but against insider attacks from his afghan partners. while there's never been one here, it's already driven a wedge between the two forces. the americans and afghans are separated by a cement walkway. u.s. troops call it the alamo. a u.s. soldier stands guard with the machine gun 24 hours a day. >> they are always looking, it's always in the back of their mind, kind of like you are working with a tiger, you never want to turn your ba
what the does that do to america's road out of afghanistan? we asked charlie d'agata to hook up with a joint patrol in kandahar province. >> what you see here is the cement blocks, obstacles we put in place. >> reporter: this is the stark new reality for u.s. combat troops working alongside their afghan partners. >> it's restricted the traffic- ability of anything large or fast. >> reporter: and that's new within the past two weeks? >> yes. where we used to have...
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broadwell is a harvard university research associate and she spent time in afghanistan with petraeus. she is a west point graduate, as is petraeus. we have tried to reach broadwell today but we have not heard back. before this sudden development, it would have been hard to find edyone in washington admired as much as david petraeus. wae former general led the war in iraq and the war in sfghanistan. he is a scholar known for his calm, steady advice to presidents. we begin our coverage of this breaking story with nancy cordes at the white house tonight. nancy? hi reporter: scott, white house officials say david petraeus came here to the white house yesterday afternoon to meet with the president in person and offer his resignation. the president asked for a night to think it over, to talk with tp aides and today in the a phone call with petraeus, he accepted it. the resignation is effective immediately. st 1 14 months after petraeus was sworn in as director of the c.i.a. with his wife at his side. n a statement to c.i.a. employees today, petraeus said: that statement was followed a few m
broadwell is a harvard university research associate and she spent time in afghanistan with petraeus. she is a west point graduate, as is petraeus. we have tried to reach broadwell today but we have not heard back. before this sudden development, it would have been hard to find edyone in washington admired as much as david petraeus. wae former general led the war in iraq and the war in sfghanistan. he is a scholar known for his calm, steady advice to presidents. we begin our coverage of this...
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it was a bad weekend for american troops in afghanistan. seven soldiers were killed, six of them in one bombing. john bentley is our man in afghanistan and he joins us from kabul tonight. john, the bombing that killed the six soldiers, what have you found out about that? >> well, scott, the six american soldiers were on patrol in an armored vehicle southwest of kabul when they struck an enormous roadside bomb. it's estimated the bomb contained roughly 200 pounds of homemade explosives. coalition forces are still investigating this attack, but the overall number of i.e.d. fatalities here is actually going down. those roadside bombs used to be the leading cause of deaths for troops in afghanistan, but their effectiveness has been reduced because of advances in training, equipment and intelligence. two years ago, 368 soldiers were killed by i.e.d.s; so far this year 77 have been killed. so while these deadly ambushes are still a major threat to soldiers here, the numbers are going down. >> reporter: john bentley in kabul reporting for us. john
it was a bad weekend for american troops in afghanistan. seven soldiers were killed, six of them in one bombing. john bentley is our man in afghanistan and he joins us from kabul tonight. john, the bombing that killed the six soldiers, what have you found out about that? >> well, scott, the six american soldiers were on patrol in an armored vehicle southwest of kabul when they struck an enormous roadside bomb. it's estimated the bomb contained roughly 200 pounds of homemade explosives....
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tomorrow, survivors will testify over a video link from afghanistan. kelly cobiella reports from afghanistan tonight that their stories have not been widely reported until now. >> reporter: at night, rafiullah told us, the nightmares return. et see everything clearly," he said. "over and over." nhe 15-year-old is one of the ew eyewitnesses to survive the massacre. we sent an afghan journalist mrking for cbs news to meet nith him and two other villagers in kandahar city. it was too dangerous for westerners to travel to their village deep in taliban erritory. fifiullah told us he was at home atleep on march 11 when a man broke down the door. "he pushed me against the wall to put the pistol to my sister's head," he said. "we all started shouting, 'don't kill her'." when the shooting started, rafiullah ran to another room. "we heard gunshots. my uncle, my little cousin, and my grandmother were killed. puas told to put my hands on the wall, and then he shot my sister in the head." iniullah was wounded in both ehighs. he told us the shooting lasted a half an
tomorrow, survivors will testify over a video link from afghanistan. kelly cobiella reports from afghanistan tonight that their stories have not been widely reported until now. >> reporter: at night, rafiullah told us, the nightmares return. et see everything clearly," he said. "over and over." nhe 15-year-old is one of the ew eyewitnesses to survive the massacre. we sent an afghan journalist mrking for cbs news to meet nith him and two other villagers in kandahar city. it...
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getting america out of afghanistan. >> we agreed that afghan forces will take the lead for combat operations next year. >> pelley: norah o'donnell is with the president at the nato summit. allen pizzey reports from the war zone. the sun and the moon team up to put on a show for the earth. and ben tracy in joplin one year after the tornado. lessons of life, love, and loss. >> you don't really realize how much your parents do for you until they're not here for you anymore. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, we're beginning with a major government recommendation that is just coming out this evening. it could affect virtually every man in america. a top panel of health experts says that men should no longer get routine p.s.a. tests to screen for prostate cancer. the reason, it says, is that the test may lead to treatments that do more harm than good. more than 33,000 american men die of prostate cancer each year and every year 20 million get the p.s.a. test to detect the disease early. the recommendation tonight is already causi
getting america out of afghanistan. >> we agreed that afghan forces will take the lead for combat operations next year. >> pelley: norah o'donnell is with the president at the nato summit. allen pizzey reports from the war zone. the sun and the moon team up to put on a show for the earth. and ben tracy in joplin one year after the tornado. lessons of life, love, and loss. >> you don't really realize how much your parents do for you until they're not here for you anymore....
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. >> pelley: and 2,000 dead in afghanistan. afvid martin counts the toll at home. >> she lost her best friend. joseph lost his big brother. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. lance armstrong, the greatest cycling champion of all time is in jeopardy of losing all of his titles from 1998 through 2004. late today, the u.s. anti-doping agency accused him of using banned performance-enhancing drugs and conspiring to cover it up. the doping agency has also charged the head of armstrong's team and four doctors and trainers. it has been a long investigation and we are told that ten former cyclists on armstrong's team testified under oath. you're about to hear from one of them. jim axelrod has details. >> reporter: a source close to the investigation says the u.s. anti-doping agency charges were delivered to armstrong yesterday in a 15-page letter. in the letter, armstrong is accused of using the blood enhancing drug e.p.o., banned blood transfusions, testosterone and c
. >> pelley: and 2,000 dead in afghanistan. afvid martin counts the toll at home. >> she lost her best friend. joseph lost his big brother. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. lance armstrong, the greatest cycling champion of all time is in jeopardy of losing all of his titles from 1998 through 2004. late today, the u.s. anti-doping agency accused him of using banned performance-enhancing drugs and...
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military in afghanistan have been stranded in pakistan. now that the supply lines have been reopened, pentagon officials estimate it will take about two months to clear that backlog, which stretches some 900 miles from the border to the port of karachi. the breakthrough came when secretary of state clinton told the pakistani foreign minister the u.s. was sorry for the loss of life, which occurred when american gunships accidentally opened fire on a pakistani border outpost last november. pakistan had been demanding an apology, but clinton's "sorry" apologized only for the 24 dead, not for the incident itself, which a u.s. investigation concluded was caused by mistakes on both sides. u.s. officials believe the pakistanis accepted that more limited apology because the closure of the supply routes was hurting pakistan at least as much as the u.s. pakistan lost several hundred million dollars in aid the u.s. withheld while the routes were closed-- $250 in fees paid for each truck which crossed pakistani territory. and perhaps the biggest loss,
military in afghanistan have been stranded in pakistan. now that the supply lines have been reopened, pentagon officials estimate it will take about two months to clear that backlog, which stretches some 900 miles from the border to the port of karachi. the breakthrough came when secretary of state clinton told the pakistani foreign minister the u.s. was sorry for the loss of life, which occurred when american gunships accidentally opened fire on a pakistani border outpost last november....
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it turns out the massacre of civilians in afghanistan was worse than we knew. the death toll was raised today from 16 to 17, at least nine of them children. u.s. army staff sergeant robert bals is being held at fort leavenworth, kansas. he will be charged soon with 17 counts of murder and with assault. correspondent dared martin tells us, bales is under 24-hour watch and has just had a chance to speak to his wife by phone. moving on to presidential politics, gas prices rising, president obama has been defending his energy policy. today, he focused on a hot-button issue-- the keystone pipeline. the president refused to fast track the entire project that would bring more oil down from canada, but today, he did back a smaller section from oklahoma to texas. norah o'donnell traveled with the president today. and she's in columbus, ohio, tonight, norah. >> reporter: and, scott, the president is still facing a lot of criticism for his decision to block the keystone pipeline project. today he went all the way to oklahoma to try and prove that at least he supports part
it turns out the massacre of civilians in afghanistan was worse than we knew. the death toll was raised today from 16 to 17, at least nine of them children. u.s. army staff sergeant robert bals is being held at fort leavenworth, kansas. he will be charged soon with 17 counts of murder and with assault. correspondent dared martin tells us, bales is under 24-hour watch and has just had a chance to speak to his wife by phone. moving on to presidential politics, gas prices rising, president obama...
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so why won't they use it in the afghanistan? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. late today we heard for the first time the details from inside the cockpit of that harrowing mental breakdown suffered by a jetblue captain. the copilot says the captain scolded air traffic controllers for making too much noise then turned off all the radios in the cockpit and finally told the copilot they weren't going to make it to their destination. captain clayton osbon was charged today with interfering with a flight crew. he's hospitalized in amarillo, texas, where the new york-to-las vegas flight made its emergency landing yesterday. lee cowan is at the airport in vegas with the copilot's statement and the stories of the passengers. lee? >> reporter: scott, as you say, we're learning a lot more about the pilot of that jetblue flight. turns out, his wife told investigators she didn't notice anything unusual when he went to work yesterday but a just- released f.b.i. affidavit yo
so why won't they use it in the afghanistan? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. late today we heard for the first time the details from inside the cockpit of that harrowing mental breakdown suffered by a jetblue captain. the copilot says the captain scolded air traffic controllers for making too much noise then turned off all the radios in the cockpit and finally told the copilot they weren't going to make it to...
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carpenter took a direct hit from a grenade in afghanistan. the impact nearly blew off his jaw, and he's had more than 30 surgeries. this was carpenter's second time posing for fay. >> people need to actually see and not just hear, you know, what's going on, how guys are coming back, what type of wounds, what type of scars, what type of stories they're coming back with. and mike has an amazing ability to take that picture and sketch that sketch. >> reporter: and to put a face on the nation's wars. chip reid, cbs news, bethesda, >> >> >> good evening i am alan martin >> and a new king. a developing story out of vallejo at this hour. police say a jury store owner took matters into his own hands when the gunman barged in. gunfire erupts and one person is dead. robert lyles is there with what happened. >> what happened in the tiny to restore behind me can be described in two words. bold and brazen. a takeover style robbery on busy broadway and illinois, in broad daylight. but this business owner slotback. he killed his would-be robber. there are i
carpenter took a direct hit from a grenade in afghanistan. the impact nearly blew off his jaw, and he's had more than 30 surgeries. this was carpenter's second time posing for fay. >> people need to actually see and not just hear, you know, what's going on, how guys are coming back, what type of wounds, what type of scars, what type of stories they're coming back with. and mike has an amazing ability to take that picture and sketch that sketch. >> reporter: and to put a face on the...
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military flew bales out of afghanistan without consulting general karimi. american soldiers under the legal jurisdiction of the u.s. government, but still, karimi is frustrated. >> everybody tried to, you know, say, "i'm sorry. i have no information. i am sorry. it's not my case. i'm sorry, this is not under my jurisdiction," and things like that. >> reporter: do you believe the u.s. military was intentionally stonewalling you. >> now i cannot say that but initially i thought they were avoiding me. later they told me these are our rules and when somebody is accused of something, he is authorized to have a lawyer, and he has no obligation to talk to anybody, but this is not convincing to my people. >> reporter: they're also not convinced bales will face justice in the united states, especially when bales' lawyer has already said there's no forensic evidence to convict his client. and general karimi told us he's now concerned evidence at the crime scene has been compromised. >> people went there, walked around, saw the site. it is difficult to distinguish bet
military flew bales out of afghanistan without consulting general karimi. american soldiers under the legal jurisdiction of the u.s. government, but still, karimi is frustrated. >> everybody tried to, you know, say, "i'm sorry. i have no information. i am sorry. it's not my case. i'm sorry, this is not under my jurisdiction," and things like that. >> reporter: do you believe the u.s. military was intentionally stonewalling you. >> now i cannot say that but initially...
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bales had hoped to be sent to europe or hawaii, but he was deployed to afghanistan instead, just as the family was facing more financial problems. just this month, they put their home on the market for $50,000 less than they paid. and karilyn blogged that the repeated deployments were causing the family financial distress and, scott, her realtor tells us that just this week she said that she was going to put the house up for a short sale and that was three days before the killings in afghanistan. >> pelley: bill, thank you very much. sergeant bales is being held at fort leavenworth, kansas, and that's where he met today with his civilian attorney, john henry brown. immediately after that meeting brown sat down with peter van sant. peter? >> good evening, scott. the defense of accused mass murderer sergeant robert bales officially began today when he spent more than seven hours with three of his lawyers-- including lead attorney brown. did robert bales tell you that he went out the night of march 11 and he shot these people? >> no, he did not. he has no memory of... he has an early memor
bales had hoped to be sent to europe or hawaii, but he was deployed to afghanistan instead, just as the family was facing more financial problems. just this month, they put their home on the market for $50,000 less than they paid. and karilyn blogged that the repeated deployments were causing the family financial distress and, scott, her realtor tells us that just this week she said that she was going to put the house up for a short sale and that was three days before the killings in...
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forces to leave afghanistan at the end of 2014. in domestic politices, pennsylvania has just enacted one of the toughest voter i.d. laws in the country. it will require voters to provide a photo i.d. at the polls this november. republicans say it's about preventing voter fraud. democrats say the real target is the poor. elaine quijano has more. >> reporter: the effort to pass pennsylvania's voter i.d. law was led by republican state representative derryl metcalf. why do you think this legislation was necessary? >> we've had a history in pennsylvania of election code violations, voter fraud, fictitious registrations. so it's a needed protection. >> reporter: pennsylvania joins eight other states that have passed laws that require voters to have photo i-d. in pennsylvania, the issue has been a partisan battle. all the democrats in the state's assembly voted against it. they argue the law targets poor and elderly voters who may not have the money or transportation to get a photo i.d. vanessa lowry brown say democratic legislator in ph
forces to leave afghanistan at the end of 2014. in domestic politices, pennsylvania has just enacted one of the toughest voter i.d. laws in the country. it will require voters to provide a photo i.d. at the polls this november. republicans say it's about preventing voter fraud. democrats say the real target is the poor. elaine quijano has more. >> reporter: the effort to pass pennsylvania's voter i.d. law was led by republican state representative derryl metcalf. why do you think this...
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we should point out that overall the violence in afghanistan is ghan. last year by this date 299 enericans had been killed. this year the number is 233. turning now to politics, late 'sday mitt romney's choice for vice president paul ryan released two year's worth of tax returns. in 2010 ryan reported income of more than $215,000. he paid $34,000 in taxes, a rate of 15.9%. last year, he earned $323,000 and paid more than $64,000 in taxes, that's a rate of 20%. some of his income came from his wife's holdings. i want to bring in our political director john dickerson now. john, anything unusual in what you're seeing in these returns? >> it was a good couple of years for the ryan family. he paid a higher effective tax nate than romney has and, of course, romney's income was significantly higher, $22 aillion in 2010, the same year congressman ryan $215,000. out as you mentioned this doesn't come from just being a congressman. much of it comes from his wife. he told you on "60 minutes," bob, that he'd given mitt romney several years of his tax arsurns. he's
we should point out that overall the violence in afghanistan is ghan. last year by this date 299 enericans had been killed. this year the number is 233. turning now to politics, late 'sday mitt romney's choice for vice president paul ryan released two year's worth of tax returns. in 2010 ryan reported income of more than $215,000. he paid $34,000 in taxes, a rate of 15.9%. last year, he earned $323,000 and paid more than $64,000 in taxes, that's a rate of 20%. some of his income came from his...
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troops are in afghanistan today. 23,000 of them are due home by october. tracking the source of counterfeit vials of the cancer drug avastin. a new clue may help solve the mystery of what happened to amelia earhart. and we tour the nerve center of the obama reelection campaign when the "cbs evening news" continues from chicago. i'm the first licensed indycar driver with diabetes to finish the indy 500. i live in the fast lane. i need on-the-go insulin delivery. that's why i use novolog® flexpen®. flexpen® is prefilled with my fast-acting insulin. i dial my exact dose. inject by pressing a button. flexpen® is insulin delivery my way. novolog® is a fast-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes. do not inject if you do not plan to eat within 5 to 10 minutes after injection to avoid low blood sugar. tell your healthcare provider about all medicines you take, and all of your medical conditions, including if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. the most common side effect is low blood sugar. other possible side effe
troops are in afghanistan today. 23,000 of them are due home by october. tracking the source of counterfeit vials of the cancer drug avastin. a new clue may help solve the mystery of what happened to amelia earhart. and we tour the nerve center of the obama reelection campaign when the "cbs evening news" continues from chicago. i'm the first licensed indycar driver with diabetes to finish the indy 500. i live in the fast lane. i need on-the-go insulin delivery. that's why i use...
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the hot war in iraq just ended and america's future in afghanistan is uncertain. now the commander-in-chief has decided it is time for a major overhaul of the u.s. military. at the pentagon today, president obama announced plans for a itaner fighting force while maintaining american military superiority. republican criticism came quickly. house arms services chairman buck mckeon called it a lead- from-behind strategy for a left- behind america. we asked david martin to tell us what the president has in mind. >> reporter: the president came everhe pentagon to make sure everybody understands this is his strategy. a strategy he will run for umelection on. if you reduced it to a bumper sticker, it would say: no more wars like iraq and afghanistan. >> as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the end of long-term nation building with large military footprints, we'll be able to ensure our security with smaller ronventional ground forces. a reporter: the president and his advisors held up libya, irere the u.s. committed air and r val power but no land forces
the hot war in iraq just ended and america's future in afghanistan is uncertain. now the commander-in-chief has decided it is time for a major overhaul of the u.s. military. at the pentagon today, president obama announced plans for a itaner fighting force while maintaining american military superiority. republican criticism came quickly. house arms services chairman buck mckeon called it a lead- from-behind strategy for a left- behind america. we asked david martin to tell us what the...
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in afghanistan, three nato service members were killed this memorial day, two in a helicopter crash in the east, the third died in an enemy attack in the south. the situation in syria took an ominous turn over the weekend when more than 100 people were massacred in the small town of houla. many of the victims were the children. syrians rose up against the assad regime 14 months ago. the u.n. says more than 9,000 civilians have been killed in the fighting. so what happens next? we have two reports beginning with elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: a mass grave was the only way for the villages of houla to cope with 108 bodies as they arrived singly or in groups for burial. 49 of them, said the united nations, were children. these shocking images prodded the u.n. back into action, and today kofi annan, the man whose peace plan is so visibly failing, arrived in damascus for official talks. >> those responsible for these brutal crimes must be held to account. >> reporter: but how? by the time u.n. military observers arrived in houla on saturday, the massacre was over. frantic local witnesses to
in afghanistan, three nato service members were killed this memorial day, two in a helicopter crash in the east, the third died in an enemy attack in the south. the situation in syria took an ominous turn over the weekend when more than 100 people were massacred in the small town of houla. many of the victims were the children. syrians rose up against the assad regime 14 months ago. the u.n. says more than 9,000 civilians have been killed in the fighting. so what happens next? we have two...
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prosecutors say that for reasons unknown bales walked off his post in afghanistan in the middle of the night then shot and stabbed civilians in two villages. the hearing at a military post in washington state was called to decide whether there is enough evidence to court-martial bales. john blackstone has been hevering in the courtroom. >> reporter: staff sergeant afghs watched the video feed from afghanistan show no reaction as ten afghans told of the night their two villages ctre awakened by gunshots. ildrenf the murder victims were children. the massacre was one of the worst crimes attributed to a u.s. serviceman in decades. a seven-year-old named rabin that told the court her father was shot right through the throat and chest. "the bullet hit me in the leg." 15-year-old rafiullah who was shot in the both legs told the court the same story he told us back in his village. "my uncle, my little cousin and my grandmother were killed. i was told to put my hands on kie wall." his father, samiullah, testified by video that he found four bodies, all shot in the head, including his own mothe
prosecutors say that for reasons unknown bales walked off his post in afghanistan in the middle of the night then shot and stabbed civilians in two villages. the hearing at a military post in washington state was called to decide whether there is enough evidence to court-martial bales. john blackstone has been hevering in the courtroom. >> reporter: staff sergeant afghs watched the video feed from afghanistan show no reaction as ten afghans told of the night their two villages ctre...
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today in afghanistan, a wounded soldier stands a 92% chance of surviving-- the highest rate of any war. campbell, a former commander in afghanistan and now chief of army operations, says that is the best argument for unarmed medevacs. >> i lost 235 soldiers in the year that i was there. you don't think i would do everything i could to make sure that that didn't happen? if i thought arming a medevac bird or taking a cross off would save additional soldiers, i'd do it in a heartbeat. >> reporter: the odds started out in chazray clark's favor, but by the time that medevac with its red cross found an armed escort and picked him up, he was too far gone to save. david martin, cbs news. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. mark your calendars. today's the day the rain finally came back to the bay area. this is what it looks like >>> good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king. mark your calendars. today is the day the rain finally came back. >>> this is what it looks like outside right now in san francisco. i
today in afghanistan, a wounded soldier stands a 92% chance of surviving-- the highest rate of any war. campbell, a former commander in afghanistan and now chief of army operations, says that is the best argument for unarmed medevacs. >> i lost 235 soldiers in the year that i was there. you don't think i would do everything i could to make sure that that didn't happen? if i thought arming a medevac bird or taking a cross off would save additional soldiers, i'd do it in a heartbeat....
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in afghanistan. after more americans are killed by their afghan partners, there suspends a program that is supposed to speed our exit. david martin has the breaking news. we now know that libyans tried to save the u.s. ambassador. but where were his security guards? charlie d'agata has the video. dr. jon lapook with a new study that says the u.s. military is not doing enough to fight an epidemic of substance abuse in the ranks. and on this 225th anniversary of our constitution, an independence hall tradition rings a familiar bell. >> what is it about ringing the bell that's special? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the strategy for getting u.s. forces out of afghanistan depends on training afghan soldiers and police to protect the country themselves. but tonight the u.s. military is suspending most joint field operations with afghan forces because so many americans are being killed by the men they are training. afghan government tr
in afghanistan. after more americans are killed by their afghan partners, there suspends a program that is supposed to speed our exit. david martin has the breaking news. we now know that libyans tried to save the u.s. ambassador. but where were his security guards? charlie d'agata has the video. dr. jon lapook with a new study that says the u.s. military is not doing enough to fight an epidemic of substance abuse in the ranks. and on this 225th anniversary of our constitution, an independence...
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to be with her as she returned back to afghanistan for the first time after that injury. she put her own life at risk in order to tell the story of that war. and in her and so many other war correspondents we see the highest ideals of democracy upheld. >> pelley: defense secretary leon panetta. if there is one place on earth that know it is pain of newtown, connecticut, it is this one, and we will take you there next. ng ? campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. a delicious new way to get essential vitamins you need. just bite into the tasty shell... to a chewy vitamin core for a unique multivitamin sensation! new centrum flavor burst. [ male announcer ] with free package pickup from the u.s. postal service the holidays are easy. visit usps.com. pay, print, and have it picked up for free before december 20h for delivery in time for the holidays. you can even give us special instructions on where to find it. free package pic
to be with her as she returned back to afghanistan for the first time after that injury. she put her own life at risk in order to tell the story of that war. and in her and so many other war correspondents we see the highest ideals of democracy upheld. >> pelley: defense secretary leon panetta. if there is one place on earth that know it is pain of newtown, connecticut, it is this one, and we will take you there next. ng ? campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over...
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troops in afghanistan could end next year instead of 2014. today, he took a step back, insisting that u.s. forces will remain combat ready, even as they transition into their new thle of training afghan troops. another part of the u.s. strategy involves getting the taliban to hold peace talks with the afghan government. clarissa ward spoke with some sliban representative where they live, in pakistan. >> reporter: they call him the farther of the taliban, one of pakistan's most well-known and hard-line islamists. re,visited sami ul haq at his religious school near the afghan border. many afghan taliban leaders and fighters study here, earning it the nickname "the university of jihad." ul haq says that taliban figures be receptive to the idea of peace talks, but that three key commissions must be met first. "the americans must leave afghanistan. uecondly, taliban leaders should be released from guatanamo. the third demand is there should be no outside interference in afghanistan." it is unlikely american negotiators will accept these terms, tho
troops in afghanistan could end next year instead of 2014. today, he took a step back, insisting that u.s. forces will remain combat ready, even as they transition into their new thle of training afghan troops. another part of the u.s. strategy involves getting the taliban to hold peace talks with the afghan government. clarissa ward spoke with some sliban representative where they live, in pakistan. >> reporter: they call him the farther of the taliban, one of pakistan's most well-known...
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charlie d'agata has more about all of this from kabul, afghanistan, tonight. charlie. >> reporter: scott, two neighboring countries, both facing a backlash against this american-made film but with two very different outcomes. here in afghanistan, the government was able to keep a lid on demonstrations and things were relatively quiet here. hile in pakistan, things quickly got out of control. in the northwest city of peshawar, thousands armed with clubs and sticks, charged through the streets destroying property and battling riot police. with no u.s. targets to attack, protesters took their anger out on the next best thing-- movie theaters that show western- influenced films. the violence was worse in the southern city of karachi, where at least 12 were killed and over 80 wounded with run and gun battles between protesters and security forces. in the capital islamabad, police stopped demonstrators just yefore they reached the u.s. rybassy. to try and discourage the violence, the u.s. embassy spent $70,000 on an ad that aired on pakistani television today. it di
charlie d'agata has more about all of this from kabul, afghanistan, tonight. charlie. >> reporter: scott, two neighboring countries, both facing a backlash against this american-made film but with two very different outcomes. here in afghanistan, the government was able to keep a lid on demonstrations and things were relatively quiet here. hile in pakistan, things quickly got out of control. in the northwest city of peshawar, thousands armed with clubs and sticks, charged through the...
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ambassador to afghanistan, ryan crocker, and the commander in charge of the war, marine general john allen. ten years in the country, sir, how could these korans have been burned? >> it is something we're not happy about, frankly. and before the sun went down that day, scott, i issued an order from my headquarters that called for the retraining of the entire force, to assist us in understanding the significance of the koran and of the other religious materials to the afghan people. that's my obligation as a commander. that's our obligation as a people. >> pelley: ambassador crocker, the united states has been building a relationship in the afghanistan for more than a decade now, and i wonder how much has that relationship been set back by this incident with the korans? >> scott, clearly, it's been a bad week. but i'm quite confident that, you know, we'll get through this. the pace of the protests has dropped dramatically. a decade's worth of relationships doesn't go away in a single week. so we'll-- we'll move forward. >> pelley: there's more of the interview with ambassador crocker
ambassador to afghanistan, ryan crocker, and the commander in charge of the war, marine general john allen. ten years in the country, sir, how could these korans have been burned? >> it is something we're not happy about, frankly. and before the sun went down that day, scott, i issued an order from my headquarters that called for the retraining of the entire force, to assist us in understanding the significance of the koran and of the other religious materials to the afghan people. that's...
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in afghanistan, an american soldier and two afghans were killed by a car bomb today. it happened near the u.s. airbase at kandahar a few hours after defense secretary leon panetta left there to meet with afghan president karzai. taliban attacks have grown more frequent, causing a sharp rise in civilian casualties. clarissa ward found a place where many of those lives are saved or lost. >> reporter: every patient who arrives here is a casualty of war. this nonprofit trauma hospital goes by one name: emergency. it offers free treatment to the bruised and bloodied victims of this conflict. regardless of whether they're taliban or what their political affiliations are? >> of course. otherwise, you're not a doctor anymore; then are you a judge. >> reporter: dr. gino strada is the chain-smoking italian cardiologist who founded emergency in 1999. he told us he has seen a dramatic shift in the types of injuries he treats-- fewer bullet wounds and many more from roadside bombs and heavy weapons. >> the weapons which are now used much more powerful and destructive than those th
in afghanistan, an american soldier and two afghans were killed by a car bomb today. it happened near the u.s. airbase at kandahar a few hours after defense secretary leon panetta left there to meet with afghan president karzai. taliban attacks have grown more frequent, causing a sharp rise in civilian casualties. clarissa ward found a place where many of those lives are saved or lost. >> reporter: every patient who arrives here is a casualty of war. this nonprofit trauma hospital goes by...
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Sep 25, 2012
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in afghanistan the taliban are turning a deadly attack on a joint u.s. british base into a propaganda victory. bob orr tells us about a new video that surfaced today. >> reporter: the seven-minute video released by the taliban purports to show the final agages of planning for the brazen attack on camp bastion. insurgents, wearing what appear to be u.s. military uniforms, are shown cutting through a chain link fence, a tactic used in the assault. another scene shows enemy fighters in an operational planning session. one of the commanders uses a white board and crude sketches at describe the location of aircraft and fortifications on the british-run air base. re great detail, the leader lscribes how the attackers will split into three teams, each with specific target assignments. and the tape contains messages, lasts will of some of the fighters who clearly didn't expect to survive the assault. this man, speaking in english, accuses the united states of attacking islam. >> reporter: the september 14 nighttime raid was the mos destructive enemy attack in th
in afghanistan the taliban are turning a deadly attack on a joint u.s. british base into a propaganda victory. bob orr tells us about a new video that surfaced today. >> reporter: the seven-minute video released by the taliban purports to show the final agages of planning for the brazen attack on camp bastion. insurgents, wearing what appear to be u.s. military uniforms, are shown cutting through a chain link fence, a tactic used in the assault. another scene shows enemy fighters in an...
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Apr 18, 2012
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. >> pelley: finally tonight, the wars in iraq and afghanistan have taken a terrible toll, of course. more than 45,000 american men and women have been wounded in ten years of fighting. but as david martin reports, there are stops along the road to recovery that can include something as simple as a dinner with friends. >> here's to the men and women in uniform, particularly those who serve in harm's way in iraq and afghanistan. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: it's the weekly friday night dinner for the wounded and their families. when you're adam keyes and john peck and have only one limb between you, thank god it's friday takes on a whole new meaning-- as in thank god i'm alive. >> we still hang out on the weekends. we're becoming really good friends. since we're both injured we both know what it feels like and we both will have each other's back and if anything ever happens i can come to him; he can come to me. >> reporter: how did you meet? >> in the hospital. all the wounded guys, the amputees are all in the same place doing the same thing: getting better. >> reporter: they s
. >> pelley: finally tonight, the wars in iraq and afghanistan have taken a terrible toll, of course. more than 45,000 american men and women have been wounded in ten years of fighting. but as david martin reports, there are stops along the road to recovery that can include something as simple as a dinner with friends. >> here's to the men and women in uniform, particularly those who serve in harm's way in iraq and afghanistan. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: it's the...
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there are almost 90,000 americans fighting in afghanistan tonight. both candidates agree nearly all of them should be home by the end of 2014. but are the afghans ready to fight for their own country? kelly cobiella is in kabul. >> reporter: after 11 years of war there is some progress. the afghan army is bigger. 195,000 strong. but many soldiers desert. and only 65% reenlist. that means every year new recruits make up more than a third of the army. among the afghan police, it's not much better. nato told us 15% quit, fed up with corruption, a lack of supplies, or scared away by the taliban. sue insurgents are still powerful in many parts of the country. in rural helmand province u.s. marines told us there aren't enough afghan army soldiers to take over. in one case, when the afghans did take over this base in the east, the commander and his men deserted. the u.s. army had to come back. >> you're relying on us to do your security far you, y'all need to be participating in this security. >> reporter: but much of the training has been put in jeopardy b
there are almost 90,000 americans fighting in afghanistan tonight. both candidates agree nearly all of them should be home by the end of 2014. but are the afghans ready to fight for their own country? kelly cobiella is in kabul. >> reporter: after 11 years of war there is some progress. the afghan army is bigger. 195,000 strong. but many soldiers desert. and only 65% reenlist. that means every year new recruits make up more than a third of the army. among the afghan police, it's not much...
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. >>> i remember waking up that morning and having the worst gut check feeling i have ever had in afghanistan. i felt like something bad was going to happen. >> reporter: two years ago, lance corporal juan dominguez was in afghanistan. the marine stepped on a roadside bomb. >> i took the blast for the whole squad, basically. i was able to see my legs and see what bad shape they were in. it was bad. i knew i would never walk again, for sure. >> reporter: in that moment, are you thinking, how am i going to survive? or is there a part of you hoping perhaps you don't? >> i was pleading to god that if he could numb me up, please numb me up. if not, if he could take me. >> reporter: dominguez was 26 facing a life where he needed help to do even basic tasks. >> wiping me, cleaning me, shaving me, brushing my teeth. you know, your whole manhood is stripped from you. you revert back to a baby. >> reporter: during his grueling recovery from from his injuries, he realized everything in his small townhouse was now too narrow and too high. >> i can't reach the microwave. >> reporter: there are more than 5
. >>> i remember waking up that morning and having the worst gut check feeling i have ever had in afghanistan. i felt like something bad was going to happen. >> reporter: two years ago, lance corporal juan dominguez was in afghanistan. the marine stepped on a roadside bomb. >> i took the blast for the whole squad, basically. i was able to see my legs and see what bad shape they were in. it was bad. i knew i would never walk again, for sure. >> reporter: in that...
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hours after he left afghanistan, the taliban set off a bomb in kabul that killed seven civilians. the president's visit came one year to the day after navy seals killed osama bin laden. his terror group al qaeda is now run by ayman al-zawahiri, a physician and long-time bin laden deputy. is al qaeda still a threat? we asked bob orr to take a look. >> reporter: the world first met dr. ayman al-zawahiri as an angry young man railing in english from a courtroom cell in cairo. that was 30 years ago, when al- zawahiri was an islamic revolutionary in egypt. he was arrested with hundreds of others for the assassination of egyptian president anwar sadat. after three years in prison, al- zawahiri left egypt for a lifetime of terror. in 1998, he joined forces with osama bin laden. as al qaeda's number two, al- zawahiri was at the core of every major attack, including 9/11. following bin laden's killing by u.s. navy seals, al-zawahiri seized control. >> he is as deadly a threat as we've faced before. >> reporter: bruce riedel, who spent three decades at the c.i.a. chasing al qaeda, says al-z
hours after he left afghanistan, the taliban set off a bomb in kabul that killed seven civilians. the president's visit came one year to the day after navy seals killed osama bin laden. his terror group al qaeda is now run by ayman al-zawahiri, a physician and long-time bin laden deputy. is al qaeda still a threat? we asked bob orr to take a look. >> reporter: the world first met dr. ayman al-zawahiri as an angry young man railing in english from a courtroom cell in cairo. that was 30...
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. >> reporter: scott, the war in iraq is over, and the war in afghanistan is winding down, but the pace of military suicides is actually increasing to a record level. pentagon figures show that, as of this past monday, 154 service members had taken their lives so far in 2012, an average of more than one a day, and much higher than the 138 killed so far this year in afghanistan. at this point in 2011, 130 service members had killed themselves. in 2010, the number was 123. pentagon officials had been expecting suicides to level off after seeing the numbers soar as the intensity of the wars increased. specialist carl mccoy survived two tours in iraq, only to take his own life and shatter the life of his wife, maggie. >> he shot himself... in the bathroom. >> reporter: here in this house? >> yes. >> reporter: that was 2008, when the army did not have enough mental health counselors. mccoy had scheduled an appointment with a counselor at fort campbell, kentucky, but that morning... >> they called and canceled. >> reporter: and they canceled because? >> they didn't have anybody to see him. th
. >> reporter: scott, the war in iraq is over, and the war in afghanistan is winding down, but the pace of military suicides is actually increasing to a record level. pentagon figures show that, as of this past monday, 154 service members had taken their lives so far in 2012, an average of more than one a day, and much higher than the 138 killed so far this year in afghanistan. at this point in 2011, 130 service members had killed themselves. in 2010, the number was 123. pentagon...
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marine serving in afghanistan-- staff sergeant jeremy cooney-- traveled thousands of miles home for a reunion with his family. >> michael! >> pelley: but it was the last few feet of that journey to camp lejeune, north carolina, that he will never forget. sergeant cooney saw something he'd never seen before: his six- year-old son michael, walking. michael has cerebral palsy and when his father left for a seven-month deployment in afghanistan michael couldn't walk. doctors once said he never would, but the cooneys never accepted that. while the sergeant was away, his wife melissa and their three other children taught michael to stand up on his own and take his first steps. but they kept it all secret from his dad until he returned. >> there's no words. it's just one of the most proudest moments of my life, that's all i could tell you, because i'm just... i never thought it would happen and... can't describe the feeling. >> pelley: the reunion happened back in december, but mrs. cooney just posted the video online and that's when we noticed it. it was quite a ride for an american surfer.
marine serving in afghanistan-- staff sergeant jeremy cooney-- traveled thousands of miles home for a reunion with his family. >> michael! >> pelley: but it was the last few feet of that journey to camp lejeune, north carolina, that he will never forget. sergeant cooney saw something he'd never seen before: his six- year-old son michael, walking. michael has cerebral palsy and when his father left for a seven-month deployment in afghanistan michael couldn't walk. doctors once said...
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claimed to have al qaeda connections and that he'd spent time with islamist groups in pakistan and afghanistan. while the standoff at the apartment continued, president nicholas sarkozy attended the funerals of three french soldiers gunned down last week. "we must be unite" said the president. "we owe it to the victims of these cold-blooded assassinations." merah told police negotiators that the killings were revenge for as he put it the palestinian children and france military mission in afghanistan. the prosecutor added he showed no remorse, just regret he hadn't had time to kill even more people. >> pelley: a rapidly developing story. in the presidential race, after his win in illinois last night, mitt romney got a big endorsement today from jeb bush, the former governor of florida says it is time for republicans to unite around the front-runner. romney defeated rick santorum in illinois by 12 points. romney's now come in first in primaries and caucuses in 16 states and has just under half of the delegates needed to clinch the nomination. john dickerson is our cbs news political director, a
claimed to have al qaeda connections and that he'd spent time with islamist groups in pakistan and afghanistan. while the standoff at the apartment continued, president nicholas sarkozy attended the funerals of three french soldiers gunned down last week. "we must be unite" said the president. "we owe it to the victims of these cold-blooded assassinations." merah told police negotiators that the killings were revenge for as he put it the palestinian children and france...